(Knoxville News Sentinel) For nuclear history junkies and World War II buffs, this is pretty fascinating stuff. It's the government's Oct. 12, 1943 contract with the University of Chicago for operational responsibility of Clinton Laboratories (to later become Oak Ridge National Laboratory) with Du Pont as technical advisor and subcontractor....9/6

DOE

(DOE Press Release) U.S. Department Energy Secretary Steven Chu and U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar have announced nearly $17 million in funding over the next three years for research and development projects to advance hydropower technology....9/6

East Tennessee

(WVLT-TV) Thousands of East Tennesseans are looking for work and asking: "How can we create jobs?" Economists say there are several theories - from stimulus packages to tax cuts - about what is needed to produce jobs....9/6

State & Regional

(Knoxville News Sentinel) TVA is again retooling its Generation Partners renewable energy program to shift the focus from larger projects that generate 200 kilowatts per year to smaller ones that produce a maximum of 50 kilowatts per year to promote more sustainable growth for the program....9/6

Cables made of carbon nanotubes are inching toward electrical conductivities seen in metal wires, and that may light up interest among a range of industries, according to Rice University researchers....9/7

Other Stories

(NPR) Japan faces a dilemma: The country lacks natural resources and relies heavily on nuclear power. But in the wake of a nuclear accident in March, 70 percent of Japanese now say they want to phase out atomic energy....9/6

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